KIRKUK, Iraq -- Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to this restive city -- widely considered the most likely flash point for an Iraqi civil war ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/24/AR2006042401560.html

theTrumpet.com - Understand Your World ... Shiite Muslim cleric Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah (Haitham Mussawi/AFP/Getty Images)
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Apologetics research resources on cults, sects, alternative religious movements ... The other major branch of Islam, which claims about 10% of the Muslim population and exists ...
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Sadrist MP Killed in Baghdad Bombing ... Assassination of Iraqi politician raises fears of new bloodshed between rival Shiites
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Young Muqtada al-Sadr sees himself as a national leader of Iraq's Shiite majority. And he's not too impressed by the competition
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According to Anthony Shadid and Sewell Chan writing for the Washington Post, the Sunday, April 4, 2004, Shiite Muslim uprising in Iraq, with "mass demonstrations and attacks in ...
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Shiite_Muslim_uprising_in_Iraq

Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms. Noun: 1. Shiite Muslim - a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the ...
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Shiite. Member of a sect of Islam that believes that Ali, a cousin of the prophet Muhammad, was his first true successor. The Shiites are doctrinally opposed to the Sunni Muslims.
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a member of one of the two great sects of Muslims: Shiites consider Ali, Mohammed's son-in-law and the fourth of the caliphs, as the first Imam and the rightful successor of ...
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By Kamran Bokhari. Highly anticipated public talks between the United States and Iran over the future of Iraq have been lagging behind schedule, while the rhetorical exchanges ...
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Shiite Islam originated as a political movement supporting Ali (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam) as the rightful leader of the Islamic state.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/sh/Shiites.html

O f the six billion people on this earth, not one killed more people than Saddam Hussein. And not just killed, but tortured and mutilated ? doing so often with his own hands and ...
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There now exists an 'arc' of domination by Shiite militias in the north of Baghdad. Sunni militias have carved out a few enclaves in Baghdad's south, and are now expanding into ...
http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/shiite-vs-sunni.html

BAGHDAD ? Shiite clerics warned the government Friday not to sign a security pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq until 2012, as the prime m...
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... to Iraq said Saturday that Al Qaeda's network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his moves to rein in Shiite and ...
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The Shiite militia run by the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr briefly seized control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah on Friday in one of the boldest acts of defiance yet ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15343811/

A Shi'ite Encyclopedia ... Welcome to A Shi'ite Encyclopedia. Please size your browser so you can see the entire width of the graphic above.
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Even so, their arrival during a recent series of street clashes between Sunni Muslim supporters of the current Lebanese government and the Shiite followers of the Hezbollah-led ...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070204/12lebanon.htm

BAGHDAD, Aug. 14 -- Through proxies, Iran is giving weapons, bomb technology and training to Shiite Muslim militias in Iraq, U.S. military officials said Monday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081400477.html

Shiite Islam originated as a political movement supporting Ali (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam) as the rightful leader of the Islamic state.
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Shiite belief elevates Ali to the position of a "Friend of Allah"--next to Mohammed--and the center of the differences between the Shiites and the Sunnis
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Shi·ite also Shi·'ite   (sh t) n. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali and his descendants as the legitimate successors to Muhammad and rejects the first three ...
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A region south of Baghdad has become a death zone for many Shiite Muslims, Westerners and members of the Iraqi security services.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6530940

Islam United? A Comparison of Shi'ite and Sunni Belief and Practice
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Shiite. Member of a sect of Islam that believes that Ali, a cousin of the prophet Muhammad, was his first true successor. The Shiites are doctrinally opposed to the Sunni Muslims.
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To the outsider, the differences between the Sunni and Shiite Islamic sects are hard to recognize. The five pillars of Islam ? daily prayer; fasting during Ramadan; alms giving ...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0117/p25s01-wome.html

9-09-02. What Is the Difference Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims--and Why Does It Matter? By HNN Staff Updated 12/18/06. The Islam religion was founded by Mohammed in the seventh ...
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Shiite also Shi?ite ( ) n. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali and his descendants as the legitimate successors to Muhammad and rejects
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noun Islam. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the ...
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